Fighting Iron 2
By Jake Bible

Mix Frankenstein with Neon Genesis Evangelion and put it in
the Wild West. What a follow up! Another great story about Clay, Gibbons, and
their fifty foot tall battle mech. It would be easy to pick up the series with
this book and read the first after you get hooked. Both Fighting Iron novels
stand on their own two feet.

Clay and Gibbons finally made it out of Mexicali and into
the hellish midlands. An apocalyptic no man’s land. They run into a feud
between the Perdition family and a mad scientist in control of a mech made
entirely of dead buffalo. We learn a couple more tidbits about the larger
mission of the series, the mysterious coordinates that were programmed in the
mech. The ones neither Clay nor Gibbons know a thing about. We also get a
couple clues about why Clay and the mech are the best there is.

I loved all the scenes involving the scientist’s lab and
reanimating parts. It gave the book a creepy vibe. If I got a chance to pilot a
giant meat machine, I think I’d take it! Running around like some kind of a
skinless gorilla would be fun. It would make traffic go a lot smoother, too.

I was happy with how different a direction the sequel took.
We the reader are bound to see anything imaginable in the following books. I
think Bible did a great job balancing a serial adventure series with an
overarching story here. I get frustrated with an epic series that simply
delivers a hunk of chapters rather than completing a story between each set of
covers. I’m looking forward to finishing the series.

I received a free audible code in exchange for a review. Any
review. That fact that it’s a good one is because the book is good. Which has
nothing to do with how awesome I am. You’ll have to find that out for yourself
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J Scott Bennet did a terrific job narrating, as usual. Not
only does each character have a distinct voice, but Gibbons goes through a well
portrayed roller coaster and Bennet’s voice work took it to the next level!